11-27-2010, 06:53 PM
For what its worth, I've noticed that the Aramaic tends to force the "perfect" verb into the "past" tense by using the (D) "of" prefix. This is evidenced in John 8:53:
"To-what thee greater thou-are from our-father Abraham, of-died; and-from the-prophets, of-died-they?"
"To-what thee greater thou-are from our-father Abraham, of-died; and-from the-prophets, of-died-they?"